My Werewolf Mate is a Nerd

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Back to my room.  I put my new dress and shoes in the closet, then sat on my bed.  I had to mull over all that Aidan had told me.  Jonny?  I called him Jonny.  Now I remember that.  The shy kid “Jonny” that would be with my brother.  The boy who never talked and I always thought was weird. That was Joey.  I had broken his heart. I deserved everything I was going through right now.  I had not been a nice person, even though that’s not what I ever intended.  When I was younger, I wanted to fit in.  To be popular.  I flirted with the hot guys and made friends with cheer leaders.  Where had it gotten me?  It convinced a guy that I like him when I no longer did. It drove a huge wedge between my mate and me.  Why had it all mattered so much to me?  High school wasn’t forever and in 10 years, who cares.  It wouldn’t matter if I were a cheer leader or not.  All that would really matter was that I was with happy with my mate.  Had I ruined my chance for a happy future because I had been so dumb?  Was there a chance to redeem myself and save any sort of relationship with Joey?

Another night of curling up with Joey’s shirt, hoping that this wouldn’t be all I had of him.  I thought back to Friday night, when he had touched me…well, actually Scarlett and how amazing it felt.  How I thought I caught him looking at me naked.  Those things gave me a little hope.  Aidan said he had been in love with me for years.  Could I stir up those feelings again?  Would I be so lucky to have him care for me again?  Should I apologize to him?  Would it even matter?

Monday morning rolled around.  I didn’t want to go to school so I thought about playing sick.  I didn’t want to run into Joey, and I didn’t want to see Zander.  But I also realized I couldn’t hide from either of them forever, so I guess I’d better just head in to face it all.

I managed to get through the first half of the day without seeing either of them.  But then lunch rolled around.  Zander always sat at our table with Nick, Jamie, and the others.  I couldn’t escape him there.  I was nervous and sat at the end of the table, Jamie next to me.  One of the other cheer leaders, Nicole, sat across from me.  Zander sauntered in with his lunch tray and walked past us.  “Hello ladies.  Looking in fine as always.” He said.  Phew.  Just typical Zander.  Maybe he had been too drunk to remember Friday. 

I quickly ate my lunch while nudging Jamie prompting her to eat faster. We got up and slowly walked out to the hall.    “See him over there, blue long-sleeved Tee and the black glasses?  That’s him…That’s Joey.” I said showing him to Jamie. 

“He’s cute for a nerdy skinny guy.  Little bit of a baby face, but I love the glasses.”  Jamie said smiling. 

“So, can you wait for him after lunch and give him his shirt back, please?”  I said pulling it from my backpack. “I’ll wait here with you until lunch is over and then I’ll go hide in the bathroom so you can hand it over.” 

“Uh ok.  Why do you have his shirt? Can’t you just hand it back yourself?”  Jamie asked. 

“No.  He doesn’t want to see me.  After what happened Friday, I don’t want to face him anyway.” I said.

“Wait!  I missed something.  What happened Friday?”

I forgot that I hadn’t told Jamie what had happened.  She had been too busy with Aidan and I didn’t want to talk Saturday at the mall.  “So, I shifted Friday after I left the party…”

“Oh my god!  So exciting!” Jamie said throwing me off track.

“Yeah, whatever…I went to his house, so he could see my wolf.  Anyway, when I was there, I shifted back, I didn’t have clothes so…”

“He saw you naked?!!”  Jamie yelled.

“Shhhhhh.  There are people around.  But yes, he did.  He gave me his shirt.  Then he left me, and his mom had to drive me home.”

“What?!  He left you?  That’s a jerk move.  You sure you should like this guy?”  Jamie eyed me. 

“Yes.  It was a jerk move, but considering what I know now, it makes sense.”

“I don’t know, Lane.  It still wasn’t nice.”  She said.

“Please.  Just help me with this.  His mom asked me to give him some space till he comes to his senses, so I need you to just give him this.”  I begged. 

“Ok…He’s coming.”  She said and I ran to the bathroom but pushed the door open a crack to see what was happening. 

“Hey you, Joey?” Jamie asked as she walked up to him. 

“Yeah.”  He said stopping in the hallway.

“Laney asked me to give this to you.”  She pushed the shirt into his hands. 

“She couldn’t give it to me herself?”  he scoffed.

“No!  You asked her to stay away from you, so she is.  Don’t ask her to do something and then get upset when she does it.  And another thing…” She said moving closer while placing a finger in his chest, “You’d better be nice to her.  She’s a good person, if you hurt her, I will hurt you, do you understand?  She’s my best friend and I don’t like to see her all mopey like she has been since she found out you’re her mate.  As far as I am concerned, you don’t deserve her.  But she thinks it’s the other way around.  So, you better come to your senses really quick because she deserves to be happy.” Jamie turned and walked away triumphantly. 

Joey just stood there with a shocked look on his face.  As Jamie was marching towards the bathroom, I saw Joey lift the shirt to his nose then breathe in deeply, before shoving it in his backpack and running off.  I turned standing against the wall.  Maybe there was hope yet. 

“Laney?” Jamie entered the bathroom. 

I gave her a hug.  “Thank you.  For doing that. All that.  I heard what you said.” 

“Well, he made me mad.”  She smiled.